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BFE(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual BFE(4)
NAMEbfe -- Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
devicemiibusdevicebfe
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
if_bfe_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The bfe driver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet
adapters.
The bfe driver supports the following media types:
autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
10baseT/UTP Set 10Mbps operation.
100baseTX Set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
The bfe driver supports the following media options:
full-duplex Set full duplex operation.
For further information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
DIAGNOSTICSbfe%d:couldn'tmapmemory A fatal initialization error has occurred.
bfe%d:couldn'tmapinterrupt A fatal initialization error has occurred.
bfe%d:failedtoallocateDMAresources There are not enough mbufs
available for allocation.
bfe%d:watchdogtimeout--resetting The device has stopped responding
to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection
(cable).
SEE ALSOaltq(4), arp(4), miibus(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)HISTORY
The bfe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.
AUTHORS
The bfe device driver was written by Stuart Walsh and Duncan Barclay.
This manual page was written by Stuart Walsh.
FreeBSD 10.1 July 16, 2005 FreeBSD 10.1